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http://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-create-a-vector-festive-bauble-with-sketch//<img src="http://medialoot.com/images/uploads/festive-bauble-sketch-post-image-1c.jpg" width="610px"/><br/> This tutorial will use vector shapes, the pen tool, boolean operations and other features in Sketch to draw a festive decorative bauble with a snowflake design from scratch.
<h2 class="full-width">Step 1</h2>
<p>Create a new document in Sketch and draw an Oval shape <strong>220 pixels</strong> wide and <strong>140 pixels</strong> tall. Set the fill color to <strong>#E84B5A</strong>.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/1.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 2</h2>
<p>Show the Rulers if they are not already visible and draw a horizontal guide <strong>118 pixels</strong> from the top of the oval shape.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/2.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 3</h2>
<p>Double click the oval shape to enter the editing mode, and click to create two new vector points where the shape intersects with the horizontal guide.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/3.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 4</h2>
<p>Choose the bottom point of the shape and move it down <strong>40 pixels</strong>.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/4.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 5</h2>
<p>With the bottom point still selected, choose either the &#8216;Disconnected&#8217; or &#8216;Asymmetric&#8217; options and drag the handles individually so that they are in the positions shown in the screenshot below.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/5.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 6</h2>
<p>Draw a new rectangle shape <strong>42 x 42 pixels</strong> aligned horizontally with the center of the original shape and vertically so that half of the rectangle overlaps the original shape.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/6.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 7</h2>
<p>Select both shapes and use the &#8216;<strong>Union</strong>&#8217; function to combine the shapes. Then go to <strong>Layer > Paths > Flatten</strong> to permanently merge the two shapes<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/7.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 8</h2>
<p>Draw a new horizontal guide 43 pixels below the the top of the combined shape. <br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/8.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 9</h2>
<p>Double click the shape to enter the editing mode, and click to create two new vector points where the shape intersects the new horizontal guide.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/9.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 10</h2>
<p>Select and delete the two vector points which connect the rectangle and oval shapes.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/10.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 11</h2>
<p>Select the top left vector point and choose either the &#8216;Disconnected&#8217; or &#8216;Asymmetric&#8217; options and drag the handles individually so that they are in the positions shown in the screenshot below. Then repeat for the right side.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/11.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 12</h2>
<p>Draw a <strong>40 pixel</strong> line segment from the top guide to the center of the bauble shape. Give the line a <strong>solid 2 pixel #ffffff</strong> border.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/12.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 13</h2>
<p>Draw a diagonal line segment roughly <strong>8.5 pixels</strong> long as shown in the screenshot below with the same border settings. (Optional) You can now hide the rulers.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/13.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 14</h2>
<p>Duplicate the diagonal line segment and move it down <strong>6 pixels</strong>.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/14.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 15</h2>
<p>Extend the second diagonal line so that it is roughly <strong>14.85 pixels</strong> long.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/15.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 16</h2>
<p>Group the two diagonal line segments and duplicate them, then Flip them horizontally and move to the right side of the line.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/16.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 17</h2>
<p>Group all of the line segments and choose the &#8216;Rotate&#8217; tool. Move the anchor point to the bottom center, then copy to the clipboard.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/17.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 18</h2>
<p>Paste a copy of the snowflake segment and rotate it <strong>-60&deg;</strong> the anchor point show remain fixed to the bottom, but if it doesn&#8217;t you may need to move it again.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/18.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 19</h2>
<p>Paste another copy of the snowflake segment and rotate it <strong>-120&deg;</strong>.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/19.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 20</h2>
<p>Paste another copy of the snowflake segment and rotate it <strong>-180&deg;</strong>.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/20.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 21</h2>
<p>Paste another copy of the snowflake segment and rotate it <strong>-240&deg;</strong>.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/21.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 22</h2>
<p>Paste another copy of the snowflake segment and rotate it <strong>-300&deg;</strong>.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/22.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 23</h2>
<p>Select all of the snowflake segments and group them together.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/23.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 24</h2>
<p>Duplicate the snowflake and move it to the left so that there is a <strong>16 pixel</strong> margin between the shapes.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/24.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 25</h2>
<p>Duplicate the snowflake and move it to the right so that there is a <strong>16 pixel</strong> margin between the shapes. Then group all 3 snowflakes.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/25.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 26</h2>
<p>Copy and paste the red bauble shape above the snowflakes group and select both.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/26.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 27</h2>
<p>Click the Mask function to clip the snowflakes to the bauble shape.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/27.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 28</h2>
<p>Double click the snowflakes group to enter the clipping mask. and draw a horizontal line segment with a <strong>4 pixel solid #ffffff border</strong> from edge to edge and a few pixels <strong>above</strong> the snowflakes.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/27.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 29</h2>
<p>Duplicate the horizontal line whilst still inside the clipping mask and move it a few pixels <strong>below</strong> the snowflakes.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/29.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 30</h2>
<p>Draw a new 50 x 30 pixel rectangle with a light grey <strong>#E6E6E6</strong> fill. Align it horizontally with the center of the bauble and overlapping vertically by 3 pixels.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/30.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 31</h2>
<p>Draw a <strong>22 pixel</strong> line segment with a <strong>2 pixel #D5D5D5</strong> border. Align it to the bottom of the rectangle and <strong>4 pixel</strong>s from the left.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/31.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 32</h2>
<p>Duplicate the line segment and move it <strong>5 pixels</strong> to the right.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/32.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 33</h2>
<p>Repeat step 32 until you have 9 lines in total.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/33.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 34</h2>
<p>Draw a new <strong>#D5D5D5</strong> line segment from the top of the light grey rectangle to roughly <strong>150 pixels</strong> above. Align it horizontally to the center of the bauble.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/34.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 36</h2>
<p>Finally, group all of the elements in your bauble :).<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/36.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Result &amp; Conclusion</h2>
<p>I hope you have enjoyed following this tutorial and creating your own festive bauble with Sketch. Feel free to try out some different color schemes or different designs!<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/bauble/37.jpg" alt="create a bauble in sketch" class="full-width"></p><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Tutorials2016-12-06T15:52:00+00:00How to Create Realistic Snow Overlays with Photoshophttp://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-create-realistic-snow-overlays-with-photoshop//
http://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-create-realistic-snow-overlays-with-photoshop//<img src="http://medialoot.com/images/uploads/snow-overlay-tut-post-image.jpg" width="610px"/><br/> This technique for Photoshop combines snowflakes, bokeh and rain to create a realistic snow overlay which can be used on photographs. <p>If you want to skip the tutorial and download our pack of 6 Snow Overlays for Photographs, you can <strong><a href="http://medialoot.com/item/snow-overlays-for-photographs/">download them here</a></strong>.</p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 1</h2>
<p>Open your image in Photoshop. I am using <a href="https://unsplash.com/search/winter?photo=gQR4STZ24kM">this image</a> from Unsplash which I have resized to 3000 x 2000 pixels to make it easier to work with.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/1.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 2</h2>
<p>Start by creating two new layers and fill them both with solid black. Layer 1 is simply a background layer used to hide the photo, Layer 2 is where we will start working.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/2.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 3</h2>
<p>On Layer 2 we are going to create some fine rain, go to <strong>Filter > Mezzotint</strong> and select the Grainy Dots option then click OK.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/3.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 4</h2>
<p>Next go to <strong>Filter > Blur > Motion Blur</strong> and use 95&deg; for the Angle and 25 for the distance.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/4.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 5</h2>
<p>To filter out some of the rain and make it look more realistic, open the <strong>Image > Adjustments > Levels</strong> panel and 25, 1.00 and 255 for the Input Levels.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/5.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 6</h2>
<p>Set the Opacity of the rain layer to 80% and optionally name the layer &#8216;Rain 1&#8217;.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/6.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 7</h2>
<p>Create another new layer called &#8216;Rain 2&#8217; and fill it with solid black.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/7.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 8</h2>
<p>We are going to make some heavier rain now, go to <strong>Filter > Mezzotint</strong> again and this time use Coarse Dots.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/8.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 9</h2>
<p>Go to <strong>Filter > Blur > Motion Blur</strong> again and use 85&deg; for the Angle this time. Having two rain layers going in slightly different directions will give the impression of there being a strong wind in the photo.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/9.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 10</h2>
<p>Open the <strong>Image > Adjustments > Levels</strong> panel again and this time use 30, 0.9 and 150 for the Input Levels.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/10.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 11</h2>
<p>Set the Blending Mode of the &#8216;Rain 2&#8217; layer to Screen.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/11.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 12</h2>
<p>To make the rain look more spread out and less uniform, grab the Eraser tool and with a soft round brush at 50% Opacity and delete some sections of rain.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/12.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"><br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/13.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 13</h2>
<p>Create another new layer called &#8216;Bokeh&#8217; and fill it with solid black. On this layer we are going to create some blurry out of focus snow flakes that appear to be too close to the camera lens. Snow is very rarely captured in focus so this will add to the realism.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/14.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 14</h2>
<p>For the bokeh effect, we need to create a simple scatter brush to use. Select the default soft round brush at 50 pixels and then set the following options in the Brushes panel:<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/15.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"><br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/16.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"><br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/17.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 15</h2>
<p>Set the foreground color to white, and use the scatter brush to fill the Bokeh layer with random dots. To achieve this effect you will need to click once with the brush then move the cursor slightly and click once again. It can be quite time consuming this way, but the result is much better than holding down the mouse button.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/18.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 16</h2>
<p>Go to <strong>Filter > Blur > Lens Blur</strong> and use the settings shown below to complete the Bokeh effect.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/19.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 17</h2>
<p>Set the Blending Mode of the Bokeh layer to Screen and Opacity to 50%.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/20.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 18</h2>
<p>Once again, create a new layer and fill it with solid black. Name this layer &#8216;Flakes&#8217;. This final layer will be similar to the Bokeh layer, except in focus.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/21.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 19</h2>
<p>Use the same scatter brush from step 14 and create some more random white dots.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/22.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 20</h2>
<p>Go to <strong>Filter > Filter Gallery..</strong> and choose <strong>Ocean Ripple</strong>. Set the Ripple Size to 1 and Magnitude to 5.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/23.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 21</h2>
<p>Go to <strong>Filter > Blur > Lens Blur</strong> again and this time use these settings shown below for a more subtle blur effect:<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/24.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 22</h2>
<p>Set the Blending Mode of the Flakes layer to Screen.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/25.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 23</h2>
<p>Finally, group all of the layers (excluding the original image) and set the Blending Mode of the group to Screen.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/26.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Result</h2>
<p>And here is the final result. The combination of flakes, bokeh and rain in different directions create the illusion of depth which produces a more realistic effect than most snow overlay techniques found on the web.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/snow-tut/27.jpg" alt="how to create snow in photoshop" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Download Snow Overlays for Photographs</h2>
<p><a href="http://medialoot.com/item/snow-overlays-for-photographs//"><img src="http://medialoot-medialootinc.netdna-ssl.com/images/thumbs/1600x1036_Snow-Overlays-Preview-1a.jpg" alt="snow overlays" class="full-width" width="898" /></a><br />
This pack features 6 high quality overlays for adding snow to your photographs. They vary from intense snow storms to light flurries and can be toned down by using opacity or cranked up even more by layering multiple overlays on the same image. Supplied as both JPG and transparent PNG files.</p>
<p><a href="http://medialoot.com/item/snow-overlays-for-photographs/">Download</a></p><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Tutorials2016-11-22T15:55:00+00:00Pixel Perfect Designs in Illustrator Just Got a Lot Easierhttp://medialoot.com/blog/pixel-perfect-designs-in-illustrator-just-got-a-lot-easier//
http://medialoot.com/blog/pixel-perfect-designs-in-illustrator-just-got-a-lot-easier//<img src="http://medialoot.com/images/uploads/pixel-perfect-illustrator-2017-post-image-3.jpg" width="610px"/><br/> Adobe have updated Illustrator CC with a new feature which will make the lives of web, mobile and UX designers much easier. If you are a designer who creates graphics for screen, then this new feature may completely change how you work. <p>Way back in 2011, I posted an article called <a href="http://medialoot.com/blog/3-valuable-pixel-perfect-illustrator-techniques/">How to Get Pixel-Perfect Designs in Adobe Illustrator</a>. Something which sounds simple but has always been much trickier than it should be. Fireworks was the first app I used that truly understood how vectors and pixels should work together and new apps on the scene such as Sketch also handled pixel perfect designs just as you would expect. But for a long time Illustrator has been more about &#8216;vectors for print&#8217; than &#8216;vectors for screen&#8217;. </p>
<p>Until last week when amongst a list of new features for Illustrator CC 2017 such as Stock templates, improvements to Creative Cloud Libraries, and a new &#8216;New Document&#8217; window, I noticed &#8216;<strong>Create pixel-perfect artwork</strong>&#8217; and instantly downloaded the update.</p>
<h2 class="full-width">How is the new pixel-perfect feature better?</h2>
<h3>It just works</h3>
<p>Illustrator used to require that you choose to &#8216;Align New Objects to Pixel Grid&#8217; when creating a new document, otherwise there was no way to turn it on and all objects would need to be aligned to the grid manually or by using an option in the Transform panel. This was very unintuitive and part of the reason why I wrote a tutorial on how to do it.</p>
<p>I considered writing a new tutorial on how to create pixel perfect designs in Illustrator CC 2017, but it honestly isn&#8217;t necessary. The feature is available on all new and existing documents, and can be toggled on and off with a button in the top right corner of the interface. All of the options are also there and can be turned on or off as you see fit. No step by step guide required.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pixel-perfect-illustrator-2017/pixel-snapping-options.jpg" alt="illustrator cc 2017 pixel perfect options"></p>
<h3>You can move and scale objects freely</h3>
<p>Previously in a document with &#8216;Align New Objects to Pixel Grid&#8217; on, new objects were indeed aligned to the grid. But unless you also checked the &#8216;Align to Pixel Grid&#8217; option in Transform panel after drawing a shape, resizing the object or dragging it around would move the object off-grid.</p>
<p>This is no longer the case, unless you specifically turn it off, all objects are aligned to the grid, no matter what you do to them.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pixel-perfect-illustrator-2017/move-scale-objects.jpg" alt="illustrator cc 2017 pixel perfect options"></p>
<h3>It doesn&#8217;t break your artwork</h3>
<p>Checking the &#8216;Align to Pixel Grid&#8217; option from the Transform panel on an off-grid shape used to snap <strong>every single vector point</strong> in that shape to the grid. This could often break a shape with a rounded corners, or any shape really that was more complicated than a rectangle.</p>
<p>The new version of Illustrator handles things much more intelligently. Rounded corners remain intact, and if the shape is very complex and cannot be made pixel perfect for obvious reasons, Illustrator will not attempt to do so (because it would break your artwork). Instead you simply get a message reading &#8216;Selection contains artwork that cannot be made pixel perfect&#8217;.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pixel-perfect-illustrator-2017/cannot-be-made-pixel-perfect.jpg" alt="illustrator cc 2017 pixel perfect options"></p>
<h3>It&#8217;s easy to toggle on and off</h3>
<p>Previously, combining shapes with the Pathfinder tool would align the result to the pixel grid, even if you didn&#8217;t want it to. This would sometimes breaks the shape (as described above), and there was no way to turn the option off. In fact the only way to get around it was to create a new document that <strong>doesn&#8217;t</strong> align new objects to pixel grid. And copy and paste your artwork into it.</p>
<p>In the updated version, if multiple off-grid shapes are combined they will not automatically be aligned to the grid unless you choose align them by using the button in the top right corner of the interface.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pixel-perfect-illustrator-2017/pixel-perfect-on-off.jpg" alt="illustrator cc 2017 pixel perfect options"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Why is this feature so important?</h2>
<p>When Adobe updates apps, the basics are rarely ever touched. Probably because most Illustrator users know how their software works and how to use it. It seems very risky to change basic functionality, when a safer option would be to add new features on top of what is already there. So when something as basic as drawing vector shapes gets an update like this, it&#8217;s a pretty big deal.</p>
<p>I for one am very happy with this update. I&#8217;m not sure when or even if I will be switching from Photoshop for Web and UI design to another tool. But if I ever do, Illustrator is now a perfectly viable alternative. One thing I know for sure is that creating SVG icons with Illustrator (a big part of my job) just got a whole lot easier!</p>
<h2 class="full-width">Bonus: Zoom to selection</h2>
<iframe width="820" height="461" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pZPZ9qbnWik" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<p><br />
If the new pixel-perfect artwork feature wasn&#8217;t enough, Adobe have also changed the way zooming works. Illustrator will now zoom in on active objects, points, segments, or paths. Making it much easier to zoom in and tweak artwork. Lets be honest, why else do you zoom in to a document if not to make more precise edits to what you&#8217;re working on? This is a very welcome update too!</p>
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</div>Articles2016-11-08T13:18:00+00:00How to Make a Full-Featured Font using Custom Letterforms from Illustratorhttp://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-turn-illustrator-letterforms-into-a-full-featured-font//
http://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-turn-illustrator-letterforms-into-a-full-featured-font//<img src="http://medialoot.com/images/uploads/hand-drawn-arrows-svg-tut-post-image-1.jpg" width="610px"/><br/> This tutorial is a follow up to one of my older posts on how to create custom letterforms in Illustrator, this time showing you how to take vector letterforms from Illustrator and convert them into a full font that you can use in your designs.<p>Be sure to check out the original tutorial here: <a href="http://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-create-custom-letterforms-in-illustrator/">How to Create Custom Letterforms in Illustrator</a></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 1 - Prepare the document</h2>
<p>Open your Illustrator document with your custom letter forms, and make sure the artboard is pretty huge. I would say around 16000 pt wide and 4000 pt tall.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/illustrator-to-font-app/artboard-setup.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to turn vector letterforms into a font" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 2 - Scale your letterforms</h2>
<p>Hopefully you will have used guides when drawing your letterforms to ensure consistency, however we still need to decide their relative size in comparison to other fonts. The easiest way to do this is to grab the Type tool in Illustrator and type out a sample sentence using a standard, well-known font at 1000pt. Some good examples are Helvetica, Arial and Futura for sans-serif fonts or Times, Georgia and Baskerville for serif.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/illustrator-to-font-app/relative-size.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to turn vector letterforms into a font" /></p>
<p>Then scale your letterforms appropriately, you should try to approximately match the size of these standard fonts. You can go slightly larger or smaller depending on factors such as the width of your letterforms but nobody likes a font that&#8217;s twice the size of every other font on their system so try to keep it roughly the same size as these standard fonts.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/illustrator-to-font-app/scaled.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to turn vector letterforms into a font" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 3 - Measure your scaled letterforms</h2>
<p>Show rulers in Illustrator and ensure the unit of measurement is points. Draw a guide at the baseline of your font, then drag from the top left corner of the rulers to reset the 0 mark to the baseline guide. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/illustrator-to-font-app/baseline-guide.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to turn vector letterforms into a font" /></p>
<p>Draw guides at the Descender, x-Height, Cap Height and Ascender of your font. Making note of their position in relation to the baseline.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/illustrator-to-font-app/guide-measurements.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to turn vector letterforms into a font" /></p>
<p>For example here my guides are:</p><ul><li>Ascender: -800</li>
<li>Cap Height: -700</li>
<li>x-Height: -500</li>
<li>Descender: 200</li></ul>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 4 - Open your font creation app</h2>
<p>I am using <a href="https://www.glyphsapp.com">Glyphs app</a> for Mac as it is my preferred tool, however the workflow <em>should</em> be applicable with other font creation software such as <a href="http://www.fontlab.com">FontLab (Premium)</a>, <a href="https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/">FontForge (Open Source)</a>, <a href="http://birdfont.org">Birdfont (Donations)</a> and many others.</p>
<p>With Glyphs, create a new document and open the Font Info panel. In the first tab you can name your font, enter copyright info, set the version number and input other parameters.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/illustrator-to-font-app/font-info.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to turn vector letterforms into a font" /></p>
<p>In the &#8216;Masters&#8217; tab we can define metrics for our font. Multiple Masters can be used in Glyphs to manage the process of creating different weights for the same font, however that is more advanced and specific to Glyphs. We are just going to set up one Master for our font. There should already be one Master there, so simply edit it. If your font is light, bold, condensed or extended then update the Proportions section appropriately. Otherwise leave them as Regular and move on to the Metrics Section.</p>
<p>In the Metrics we need to enter the information that we gather in Step 2. Convert negative values to positive and vise versa then enter them into the fields provided. For example, if your Ascender guide was drawn at -800 it is 800 points higher than the baseline, so enter 800 into the font info panel.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/illustrator-to-font-app/masters.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to turn vector letterforms into a font" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 5 - Copy into a font creation app</h2>
<p>Now we need to copy and paste our letterforms from Illustrator into our font creation app. This is as simple as it sounds, copy each letter from Illustrator and paste it into the corresponding glyph. When you do this you may be shown an &#8216;Unusual Bounds&#8217; dialog click &#8216;Correct Bounds&#8217; and continue. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/illustrator-to-font-app/correct-bounds.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to turn vector letterforms into a font" /></p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/illustrator-to-font-app/pasted-a.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to turn vector letterforms into a font" /></p>
<p><em>Note: I assume that most apps allow pasting of vectors, however you may need to use an alternative method such as importing svgs.</em></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 6 - Add numbers and symbols</h2>
<p>Uppercase and lowercase glyphs are added by default when you create a new document in Glyphs. Some other apps may also have glyphs for numbers and symbols, but if they do not then we need to generate them manually. Expand the &#8216;Number&#8217; dropdown in the sidebar and right click &#8216;Decimal Digital&#8217; then select all of the numbers and click Generate.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/illustrator-to-font-app/generate-numbers.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to turn vector letterforms into a font" /></p>
<p>Repeat this for all of the symbols you have designed. The most common symbols are grouped under &#8216;Punctuation&#8217; and &#8216;Symbols&#8217; dropdowns. It may take a while to find the ones you need, so I recommend adding the whole list then deleting the symbols that you <em>don&#8217;t</em> want.</p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 7 - Reset all spacing</h2>
<p>When you are happy that you have all of your letters, numbers, symbols and accents pasted into the appropriate glyphs, select all glyphs (excluding the space) and at the bottom of the left sidebar enter &#8216;50&#8217; for the left and right horizontal spacing (LSB and RSB). </p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/illustrator-to-font-app/spacing.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to turn vector letterforms into a font" /></p>
<p>Double click any glyph then choose the &#8216;Text&#8217; tool from the top toolbar to enter a kind of preview mode in which you can now type with your font and test it out. If the spacing between letters is too narrow or too wide, repeat Step 7 and use a different value (I ended up using 35 for Shoreditch) for the spacing or tweak on a glyph by glyph basis (but keep it general do not worry about specific pairs of letters yet).</p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/illustrator-to-font-app/testing.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to turn vector letterforms into a font" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 8 - Define kerning pairs</h2>
<p>Kerning is the space between pairs of glyphs, you will probably notice that even after setting the spacing of all the glyphs that some pairs do not look right together. A prime example of this is the V and the A.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/illustrator-to-font-app/va-nokerning.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to turn vector letterforms into a font" /></p>
<p>Luckily kerning pairs allow us to fix the spacing between specific combinations of glyphs. For the most common kerning pairs check out <a href="http://www.sethtaylor.com/fontsive/">this list</a>. This part of the process will vary massively depending on which app you are using. Some apps such as Fontographer include an Auto-Kerning feature which is very useful.</p>
<p>In Glyphs, kerning pairs are created by typing two letters next to each other with the Text tool, placing the cursor in between them. Then giving both letters a Group value (normally just the letter, for example V or A) and a kerning value on the left side of the second glyph (A in this case) which corrects the spacing. For example &#8216;-60&#8217;. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/illustrator-to-font-app/va-withkerning.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to turn vector letterforms into a font" /></p>
<p>Now whenever these two letters are used the A will have -60 spacing. Each time you create a pair you will only need to define a new Group value if you haven&#8217;t defined any kerning pairs with that letter yet.</p>
<p>For a more in depth explanation of Kerning in Glyphs check out <a href="https://glyphsapp.com/tutorials/kerning">this tutorial</a>.</p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 9 - Export your font</h2>
<p>Finally we can export out font and test it out for real. In Glyphs go to File > Export, choose your desired format and export destination then click Next.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/illustrator-to-font-app/export.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to turn vector letterforms into a font" /></p>
<p>All done! Now locate your font file, install it and try it out :)</p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/illustrator-to-font-app/install-font.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to turn vector letterforms into a font" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Download Shoreditch</h2>
<p><a href="http://medialoot.com/item/shoreditch-sans-serif-font/"><img src="http://medialoot-medialootinc.netdna-ssl.com/images/thumbs/1600x1036_Shoreditch-2-Font-Preview-1.jpg" alt="shoreditch" class="full-width" width="898"></a></p>
<p>Download the font used in this tutorial. Shoreditch is a slightly condensed sans-serif typeface, with rough edges and round corners for a retro print effect. Perfect for titles and headlines, included are uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, symbols and stylistic alternates for extra flair.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Tutorials2016-10-25T13:27:00+00:00How to Add Hand Drawn Vector Arrows to Your Websitehttp://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-add-hand-drawn-vector-arrows-to-your-website//
http://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-add-hand-drawn-vector-arrows-to-your-website//<img src="http://medialoot.com/images/uploads/hand-drawn-arrows-svg-tut-post-image.jpg" width="610px"/><br/> This tutorial will show you how to add our recently released free hand drawn vector arrows to an existing website. This is a great technique for drawing the attention of your visitors to a specific element on your page, such as a call to action button or a special offer etc.<h2 class="full-width">Step 1: Locate your HTML file</h2>
<p>Either locate your own existing HTML source file or create a new file for just for the purposes of this tutorial, using the sample code below:</p>
<pre class="prettyprint">
&lt;!doctype html>
&lt;html lang="en">
&lt;head>
&lt;meta charset="utf-8">
&lt;title>Hand Drawn Arrows&lt;/title>
&lt;style>
.box {
background: #f6f6f6;
font: bold 2em/2.5em "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;
line-height: 9em;
border-radius: 30px;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
width: 400px;
height: 300px;
margin: 50px auto;
}
&lt;/style>
&lt;/head>
&lt;body>
&lt;div class="box target">
Look at me
&lt;/div>
&lt;/body>
&lt;/html>
</pre>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 2: Download the arrows</h2>
<p><a href="http://medialoot.com/item/hand-drawn-vector-arrows/"><img src="http://medialoot-medialootinc.netdna-ssl.com/images/thumbs/1600x1036_Hand-Drawn-Vector-Arrows-Preview-1.jpg" alt="hand drawn vector arrows" class="full-width" width="898"></a></p>
<p>Download and unzip our <a href="http://medialoot.com/item/hand-drawn-vector-arrows/">hand drawn vector arrows package</a>, then locate the SVG folder and move the whole folder to the same location as your HTML source file. If you are working remotely, this means uploading the folder to your web server. </p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 3: Choose your target</h2>
<p>This can be almost any element on an existing page, ideally a block or inline-block element, whether it is a &lt;div>, &lt;section>, &lt;header> or something else. Open your source HTML file and locate the element you want the arrow to point at and add the &#8216;target&#8217; class to it. If you are using the sample HTML this is already done.</p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 5: Add the arrow element</h2>
<p>Add a new &lt;div> element for the arrow, within your target element. This can be right before the closing tag of the target element.</p>
<p>For example with the sample HTML it would look like:</p>
<pre class="prettyprint">
&lt;div class="box target">
Look at me
&lt;div class="arrow">&lt;/div>
&lt;/div>
</pre>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 4: Prepare the target element</h2>
<p>The .target element should be a block or inline-block element and needs to have ideally position: relative, or if the element already has or requires position: absolute then you can leave it as it is and it will still work.</p>
<p>Add the following CSS code in between the &lt;style> and &lt;/style> tags or to your CSS file.</p>
<pre class="prettyprint">
.target {
display: block;
position: relative;
}
</pre>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 5: Add the arrow styles</h2>
<p>In your CSS, add the .arrow class and define the following styles:</p>
<pre class="prettyprint">
.arrow {
position: absolute;
background: url(SVG/arrow-13.svg) no-repeat;
width: 135px;
height: 86px;
top: 100px;
right: -160px;
}
</pre>
<p>I have chosen arrow-13.svg for this example and entered the width and height as 135 and 86 pixels respectively. You can find the width and height values of any arrow by opening the .svg file in a code editor and looking at the viewbox values (in order the values are X, Y, W, H): </p>
<p><img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/svg-arrows-tut/svg-viewbox.jpg" alt="where to find svg viewbox values" class="full-width" /></p>
<p>We can of course round these values to the nearest pixel. And we can also scale the svg if desired by proportionally increasing or decreasing both the width and height values in the CSS.</p>
<p>The top and right values decide where the arrow will be positioned in relation to the target element. You will almost definitely need to tweak these unless you are using the demo code. You can also use right and/or bottom values instead.</p>
<p>For example to place the arrow on the left instead, replace right: -160px with left: -160px</p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 6: Rotating the arrow</h2>
<p>If you are using the demo code provided as-is, you will notice that the arrow is currently pointing the wrong way. But we can fix this by using CSS to rotate the arrow. Add these styles to the .arrow class in your CSS.</p>
<pre class="prettyprint">
-webkit-transform: rotate(180deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(180deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(180deg);
-o-transform: rotate(180deg);
transform: rotate(180deg);
</pre>
<h2 class="full-width">Result &amp; Demo</h2>
<p>That&#8217;s all there is to it, you now have a scalable vector arrow pointing at your target element. See the demo and get the source code below:</p>
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&lt;!doctype html>
&lt;html lang="en">
&lt;head>
&lt;meta charset="utf-8">
&lt;title>Hand Drawn Arrows&lt;/title>
&lt;style>
.box {
background: #f6f6f6;
font: bold 2em/2.5em "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;
line-height: 9em;
border-radius: 30px;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
width: 400px;
height: 300px;
margin: 50px auto;
}
.target {
display: block;
position: relative;
}
.arrow {
position: absolute;
background: url(SVG/arrow-13.svg) no-repeat;
width: 135px;
height: 86px;
top: 100px;
right: -160px;
-webkit-transform: rotate(180deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(180deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(180deg);
-o-transform: rotate(180deg);
transform: rotate(180deg);
}
&lt;/style>
&lt;/head>
&lt;body>
&lt;div class="box target">
Look at me
&lt;div class="arrow">&lt;/div>
&lt;/div>
&lt;/body>
&lt;/html>
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</div>Articles2016-10-11T13:08:00+00:00Create Legible White on White Text with Photoshophttp://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-create-legible-white-on-white-text-with-photoshop//
http://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-create-legible-white-on-white-text-with-photoshop//<img src="http://medialoot.com/images/uploads/white-text-shadow-post-image.jpg" width="610px"/><br/> This tutorial will teach you how to create a long shadow and use subtle lighting techniques in Photoshop to make white on white text that is not only visible but also legible (at a decent enough size of course).<h2 class="full-width">Step 1</h2>
<p>Begin by creating a new document in Photoshop that is 1600 x 900 pixels, 72 PPI and RGB Color with White background contents.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/1.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 2</h2>
<p>Use the Type tool to create a new text layer with the word White and align it to the center of the artboard. I am using the free font <a href="https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/montserrat">Montserrat</a> at 340 px. If you don&#8217;t have this available and don&#8217;t want to download it, it is okay to use a close alternative.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/2.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 3</h2>
<p>Right click the text layer and choose Convert to Smart Object.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/3.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 4</h2>
<p>Double click the Smart Object layer to bring up the Layer Styles and apply a white (#FFFFFF) Color Overlay.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/4.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 5</h2>
<p>As you can see this makes the text invisible. <br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/5.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /><br />
Obviously this is no good, so we need to do some lighting. Start by making the background just slightly darker by adding a new Color Fill Layer with #F7F7F7.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/6.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 6</h2>
<p>Duplicate the Smart Object layer and place it inside a new group called &#8216;Long Shadow&#8217; below the original Smart Object.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/7.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 7</h2>
<p>On the Smart Object inside the Long Shadow group, add a black #000000 Color Overlay layer style.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/8.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 8</h2>
<p>On the same layer, apply a Motion blur effect which can be found in the Filter > Blur menu. Set the Angle to 45 and the Distance to 20 Pixels.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/9.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 9</h2>
<p>Set the Opacity of the blurred Smart Object to 2% so that it is barely visible.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/10.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 10</h2>
<p>To create the long shadow effect, we need to duplicate and move the blurred layer multiple times. This can be done quickly by using keyboard shortcuts. First zoom to 50%* then hold down the ALT key and press the Down Arrow once to duplicate the layer and nudge it down. Then press the Left Arrow key to nudge it left.</p>
<p><em>*the arrow keys usually nudge by 1 pixel, however if you zoom the document to 50% then it will move 2 pixels which is more suited to our needs and will result in needing half as many duplicates.</em><br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/11.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 11</h2>
<p>Repeat the process by holding down the ALT key and pressing the Down Arrow, then the Left Arrow another 14 times.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/12.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 12</h2>
<p>We can add some more subtle lighting techniques to make the shadow effect look better. Create a new Gradient Fill layer below the Long Shadow group.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/13.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 13</h2>
<p>Use the default Black to White gradient, and set the Angle to 45&deg;.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/14.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 14</h2>
<p>Set the Opacity of the Gradient Fill layer to 3%. This will give the subtle appearance of a light source emanating from the top right corner of the artboard.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/15.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 15</h2>
<p>Finally, we can add a very subtle highlight to the original text layer, double click the top layer.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/16.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 16</h2>
<p>And apply a white #FFFFFF Drop Shadow, Normal Blend Mode, 80% Opacity, -135&deg; Angle, Distance 3 px, Spread 0, and Size 6px.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/17.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /></p>
<p>It is very subtle but if you look closely, you can see that this gives the effect of light reflecting off the edges of the text.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/18.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Result</h2>
<p>And here is the final result:<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/white-text/19.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create white on white text with a long shadow in photoshop" /><br />
By creating a long shadow and using some subtle lighting techniques we can make white on white text a perfectly viable color combination for headlines and other graphics. We can also edit the contents of the Smart Object at any point to change the text, add shapes or even drop in your company logo:<br />
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</div>Tutorials2016-09-27T12:13:00+00:00Create Confetti Shapes Quickly and Easily in Illustratorhttp://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-create-confetti-shapes-quickly-and-easily-in-illustrator//
http://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-create-confetti-shapes-quickly-and-easily-in-illustrator//<img src="http://medialoot.com/images/uploads/confetti-shapes-tut-post-image.jpg" width="610px"/><br/> In this tutorial we will create a scattered confetti effect. This effect could potentially be very time consuming to draw, resize, rotate and rearrange each shape manually, so we will use Scatter Brushes to simplify the whole process and make it much more fun!<h2 class="full-width">Step 1</h2>
<p>Get started by creating a new document in Illustrator, 800 x 600 pixels.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/1.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 2</h2>
<p>The first thing to do is draw some simple shapes to scatter. Hold down the shift key and use the Ellipse tool to draw a circle.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/2.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 3</h2>
<p>Next draw a triangle, the easiest way to do this is with the Polygon tool, click on the canvas and enter &#8216;3&#8217; sides.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/3.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 4</h2>
<p>Now, a simple horizontal line. Make it roughly 20 pixels long and give it a 5 pt stroke with round end caps.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/4.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 5</h2>
<p>Draw another line or duplicate the last one and make it a little longer, around 34 pixels.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/5.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 6</h2>
<p>Apply the Zig Zag filter from the Effect > Distort &amp; Transform menu. Enter 2 px for the size, choose Absolute, 2 Ridges and Smooth points.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/6.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 7</h2>
<p>Finally, lets draw a simple spiral shape. Use the spiral tool and click on the canvas, enter 18 px for the Radius, 80% for Decay and 6 Segments. Use the second style option. Give the spiral the same stroke options as the line and wavy line.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/7.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 8</h2>
<p>Highlight the 3 shapes with strokes and go to the Object > Path menus and choose Outline Stroke.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/8.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 9</h2>
<p>With our shapes ready to use, now we just need to turn them into Scatter Brushes. Select the circle first and create a new Scatter Brush.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/9.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 10</h2>
<p>Enter the options shown in the screenshot below. We want the size to vary slightly but not too much, the spacing to be quite wide, the scatter to also be quite wide and the rotation to be full. Make sure you also select the Hue Shift colorization method which will allow us to use different colors for the shapes.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/10.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 11</h2>
<p>Enter the same options for the triangle shape:<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/11.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 12</h2>
<p>Enter the same options for the line shape:<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/12.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 13</h2>
<p>Enter the same options for the wavy line shape:<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/13.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 14</h2>
<p>Enter the same options for the spiral shape:<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/14.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 15</h2>
<p>All the prep work is done now, time to have some fun with the brushes. Choose the Brush tool, set the foreground color to #AF7EED and paint in a random zig zag line with the circle scatter brush.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/15.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 16</h2>
<p>Switch the brush preset to the triangle, and foreground color to #F49EB8 and paint another random zig zag line.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/16.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 17</h2>
<p>Switch the brush preset to the line, and foreground color to #F2ED9E and paint another random zig zag line.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/17.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 18</h2>
<p>Switch the brush preset to the wavy line, and foreground color to #65E6A3 and paint another random zig zag line.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/18.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 19</h2>
<p>Switch the brush preset to the spiral, and foreground color to #62E3ED and paint another random zig zag line.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/19.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 20</h2>
<p>Go to the Object menu and select Expand Appearance. This will convert the scatter brushes into individual shapes.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/20.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 21</h2>
<p>Select all shapes and ungroup them, then manually click and drag each shape around to rearrange them. Aim for even spacing between each shape.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/21.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 22</h2>
<p>If you want, we can also add some text to the arrangement. Simply move the confetti shapes around to make some space in the middle.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/22.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Result &amp; Conclusion</h2>
<p>Here is the final result: <br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/confetti-shapes/23.jpg" class="full-width" alt="create confetti in illustrations" /><br />
This effect is great for celebrations such birthday party invitations and sale adverts etc. For a more sophisticated effect, limit the confetti to only one or two different shapes. Hopefully you have enjoyed following along with this tutorial and if you were new to Scatter Brushes now feel much more comfortable with them.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div>Tutorials2016-09-13T12:36:00+00:00Use Photoshop to Smooth Skin and Make Eyes Pophttp://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-smooth-skin-and-make-eyes-pop-with-photoshop//
http://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-smooth-skin-and-make-eyes-pop-with-photoshop//<img src="http://medialoot.com/images/uploads/skin-smoothing-tut-post-image-1.jpg" width="610px"/><br/> This tutorial will teach you a simple technique for subtly enhancing portrait photos with Photoshop. We will gently smooth the skin to improve the overall tone and help reduce unwanted blemishes, then draw focus to the eyes by increasing their contrast and saturation.
<h2 class="full-width">Step 1</h2>
<p>Begin by opening your image in Photoshop. I am using this <a href="https://pixabay.com/en/girl-bubble-outdoors-young-face-757357/">excellent free stock photo</a> from <a href="http://pixabay.com">Pixabay</a>.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/1.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 2</h2>
<p>Double click on the Background layer to unlock it, you will be prompted to give the layer a new name.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/2.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 3</h2>
<p>Right click on the image layer and choose &#8216;Convert to Smart Object&#8217;. This will allow us to apply non-destructive Smart Filters.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/3.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 4</h2>
<p>Duplicate the Smart Object layer twice so that you have 3 copies in total. Place the top two layers in a group called &#8216;Skin&#8217;. Hide the visibility of the top one for now by clicking the eye icon and select the other visible layer.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/4.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 5</h2>
<p>With the visible layer selected, go to the Filter > Blur menu and choose Surface Blur. Enter 55 for the Radius and 30 for the Threshold, this will apply a smoothing effect to the entire image.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/5.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 6</h2>
<p>Select the previously hidden layer, and make it visible. Set the Blending Mode to Linear Light and Opacity to 65%.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/6.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 7</h2>
<p>Go to the Filter > Other menu and choose High Pass. Use 1.8 for the Radius. This will add back some of the details lost by applying the Surface Blur effect.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/7.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 8</h2>
<p>Select the Group layer then go to the Layer > Layer Mask menu and choose Hide All. This will mask the smoothing effect and allow us to draw it back on with the Brush tool.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/8.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 9</h2>
<p>Select the Brush tool and choose a medium sized soft brush. If the foreground color is not currently white, reset it to default by pressing D and then X once to flip foreground and background colors over.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/9.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 10</h2>
<p>With the Mask still selected in the Layers panel, you can start carefully painting over the skin with the Brush tool. This can be done by eye, but if you want to ensure good coverage, I recommend going to the Channels window and clicking show visibility on the Skin Mask layer to enable a red overlay.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/10.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 11</h2>
<p>As you carefully paint over the skin area, be sure to avoid the eyes, nostrils, lips and hair. If you make a mistake, switch the foreground color to black and paint over it, then try again.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/11.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 12</h2>
<p>When you are finished, click the eye icon next to the Skin Mask channel to hide the red overlay and check the results.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/12.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 13</h2>
<p>If you want to reduce the intensity of the effect, change the Opacity of the Skin group layer to your desired amount.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/13.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 14</h2>
<p>Create a new empty Group layer and name it Eyes, then go to the Layer > Layer Mask menu and choose Hide All.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/14.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 15</h2>
<p>Select the Brush tool and choose a small hard brush.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/15.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 16</h2>
<p>Go into the Channels window and click the icon next to the Eyes Mask to show the red overlay again. Similar to last time, set the foreground color to white and carefully paint over the pupils. I recommend zooming in and getting as close to the edge of the pupils as possible.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/16.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 17</h2>
<p>When you&#8217;re done, go the Layer > New Adjustment Layer menu and choose Brightness/Contrast then click OK.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/17.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 18</h2>
<p>In the Properties window set the Brightness to 45 and Contrast to 95.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/18.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 19</h2>
<p>Go to the Layer > New Adjustment Layer menu again and this time choose Hue/Saturation.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/19.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 20</h2>
<p>Increase the Saturation to 20.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/20.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 21</h2>
<p>If you want to reduce the intensity of the effect, change the Opacity of the Eyes group layer to your desired amount.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/21.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Result &amp; conclusion</h2>
<p>Here is the before and after comparison:<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/22.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ><br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/skin-smoothing-tut/23.jpg" alt="skin smoothing photoshop tutorial" class="full-width" ><br />
As you can see the skin is much smoother on the right, and the eyes are definitely more vivid than before. However the effect doesn&#8217;t look overly airbrushed or unnatural. This is a great way to subtly enhance a portrait, and because we have used Smart Filters and Adjustment Layers it is completely editable, you can tweak the intensity of any of the effects or even revert to the original image if you want.</p>
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</div>Tutorials2016-08-30T11:34:00+00:00How to Create Text Made out of Pencils in Illustratorhttp://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-create-text-made-out-of-pencils-in-illustrator//
http://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-create-text-made-out-of-pencils-in-illustrator//<img src="http://medialoot.com/images/uploads/pencils-type-effect-tut-post-image.jpg" width="610px"/><br/> This fun effect is great for 'back to school' type graphics and also a good learning experience for using Art Brushes in Illustrator to manipulate and bend vector graphics around shapes such as text.<p>If you&#8217;d rather skip drawing the pencil you can download our premade <a href=http://medialoot.com/item/drawing-tools-vector-art-brushes/">Drawing Tools Vector Art Brushes</a>.</p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 1</h2>
<p>Start by launching Illustrator CS6 or newer and creating a new document. This tutorial uses the corner radius feature which was introduced in version CS6, if you have an older version you may need to round the corners manually.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/1.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 2</h2>
<p>The first thing to do is draw a pencil, this can be done by using a series of simple rectangle shapes. Start with a tall yellow rectangle 220 x 18 pixels, and then duplicate or draw another rectangle above it, delete one point and move the other to the center to create a triangle. Then finally duplicate the triangle and cut out a section for the tip.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/2.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 3</h2>
<p>Add some more details to the pencil by using 6px wide rectangles for depth, and round the the bottom left and right corners 2 pixels. I have intentionally kept this part of the tutorial brief as the pencil is completely up to you providing it is roughly 16 pixels wide. Important: make sure the triangle layers are at the top of the layers list.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/3.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">IMPORTANT UPDATE - Please read carefully</h2>
<p>The rest of the tutorial instructs you to create 3 different size pencils. I have since discovered that <em>this is not necessary</em>. Please ignore these instructions and simply use the medium sized pencil and the Stretch Between Guides feature when creating the brush instead as shown below. <br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/update.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"><br />
Apologies for any confusion this causes, but I felt it was important to update this tutorial with the more efficient method which also produces better results.</p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 4</h2>
<p>Some of the paths we are going to use this pencil on will be longer than others so we need a few different sizes to use. The original pencil should be roughly 240 pixels tall, but also create a small version 140 pixels tall and a large version 340 pixels tall.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/4.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 5</h2>
<p>Select the small pencil and create a new Art Brush.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/5.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 6</h2>
<p>Name the brush &#8216;Pencil (Small)&#8217; and use the default settings.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/6.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 7</h2>
<p>Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the other two pencils, name them &#8216;Pencil (Medium&#8217;) and &#8216;Pencil (Large)&#8217;.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/7.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 8</h2>
<p>Draw two new horizontal guides at Y: 200 px and 320 px.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/8.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 9</h2>
<p>Now it&#8217;s time to start drawing out letters. Start with the &#8216;P&#8217; for &#8216;Pencils&#8217; by drawing a rectangle shape with the &#8216;Pencil (Large)&#8217; Art Brush and no fill. Visually align it to the top guide.</p>
<p><em>Tip: the direction of the brush will probably change as you edit the shape, to flip it again click on the end point of the path with the Pen tool.</em><br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/9.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 10</h2>
<p>Full round the top right and bottom right corners of the rectangle.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/10.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 11</h2>
<p>Create a new vector point on the bottom path and delete a section to break the shape apart as shown below.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/11.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 12</h2>
<p>Move the bottom left point down to meet the bottom guide.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/12.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 13</h2>
<p>Move the point that we created in step 11 left to overlap the vertical line slightly.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/13.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 14</h2>
<p>Highlight the top left point and increase the radius to 12 px. <br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/14.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 15</h2>
<p>Draw another rectangle for the base of the &#8216;E&#8217;. Use the &#8216;Pencil (Medium)&#8217; brush, and align it to the bottom guide.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/15.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 16</h2>
<p>Delete the right line segment to break the shape apart.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/16.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 17</h2>
<p>Duplicate the path and align it with the top guide.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/17.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 18</h2>
<p>Delete the bottom right point on the duplicated shape, and switch the brush to &#8216;Pencil (Small)&#8217;. Also move the bottom left point down slightly to overlap the other shape more.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/18.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 19</h2>
<p>On the lower path, move the top right point left slightly.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/19.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 20</h2>
<p>Select the top and bottom corner points shown below, and increase the radius to 12 px.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/20.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 21</h2>
<p>Use the Pen tool to draw an &#8216;N&#8217; shape, use the &#8216;Pencil (Large)&#8217; brush and align the start and end points to the guides, but overshoot slightly on the diagonal line corners as they will get smaller when we round them in the next step.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/21.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 22</h2>
<p>Increase the radius to of the diagonal line corners to 6 px. You may need to undo and tweak the position of the points so that they align to the guides when rounded.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/22.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 23</h2>
<p>Draw another rectangle for the &#8216;C&#8217;. Use the &#8216;Pencil (Medium)&#8217; brush and align it to the guides.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/23.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 24</h2>
<p>Fully round the corners on the rectangle.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/24.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 25</h2>
<p>Delete the line segment shown below to break the shape apart.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/25.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"><br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/26.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 26</h2>
<p>This one is nice and easy, draw a line segment for the &#8216;I&#8217; and use the &#8216;Pencil (Small)&#8217; brush.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/27.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 27</h2>
<p>Use the Pen tool to draw an &#8216;L&#8217; shape. Use the &#8216;Pencil (Medium)&#8217; brush and align it to the guides.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/28.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 28</h2>
<p>Select the corner of the &#8216;L&#8217; shape and increase the radius to 12 px.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/29.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 29</h2>
<p>The &#8216;S&#8217; is the trickiest letter to draw so far, it cannot be easily done with basic shapes so instead I recommend using a standard sans serif font to type an &#8216;S&#8217; then use the Pen tool to trace it (along the center). Use the &#8216;Pencil (Large)&#8217; brush and align it to the guides.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/30.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 30</h2>
<p>The text should now look like this<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/31.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"><br />
Select all paths (ungrouped) and apply a Drop Shadow effect Opacity: 15%, X Offset: 2px, Y Offset: 4px, Blur: 0.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/32.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Result &amp; Conclusion</h2>
<p>For a finishing touch, add a dark grey background (#343638). And here is the result:<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/pencils-text-tut/33.jpg" alt="create text made out of pencils" class="full-width"><br />
This a fun effect to create and can be useful for projects such as &#8216;back to school&#8217; promotional graphics, but is also a great way to learn about using Art Brushes in Illustrator. Hopefully you have enjoyed following along with this tutorial. If you&#8217;re looking to take it even further, this effect should also work well with other objects such as pens, paint brushes and crayons etc.</p>
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This pack features 8 vector drawing tools from pens and pencils to paint brushes. They are supplied as regular vectors and Illustrator Art Brushes which allows you to wrap them around paths for creative effects.</p>
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</div>Tutorials2016-08-16T12:17:00+00:00How to Create an Infinite Loop Symbol with Illustratorhttp://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-create-an-infinite-loop-symbol-with-illustrator//
http://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-create-an-infinite-loop-symbol-with-illustrator//<img src="http://medialoot.com/images/uploads/infinite-loop-tut-post-image.jpg" width="610px"/><br/> This tutorial will teach you how to take a basic circle shape and use Illustrator to manipulate, duplicate and layer it step by step to build a perfect infinite loop and also create the illusion of depth.
<h2 class="full-width">Step 1</h2>
<p>Launch Illustrator and create a new RGB document (800 x 520 px).<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/1.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 2</h2>
<p>Draw a large rectangle that fills the artboard to use as a background layer. Set the fill to #2D2629 and the stroke to none.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/2.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 3</h2>
<p>Use the Ellipse tool to draw a 125 x 125 px circle in the center of the canvas with a 50pt #D73562 stroke and no fill.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/3.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 4</h2>
<p>Use the Convert Anchor Point tool and click once on the right-most point of the circle.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/4.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 5</h2>
<p>Highlight the same point with the Direct Selection Tool and use the arrow keys to nudge it 20 pixels to the right.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/5.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 6</h2>
<p>Add a new vertical guide as shown below at X:450 px.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/6.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 7</h2>
<p>Select the top anchor point and drag the right handle to meet the vertical guide.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/7.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 8</h2>
<p>Repeat for the bottom anchor point, they should both snap to the guide if you have Smart Guides (CMD+U) enabled.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/8.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 9</h2>
<p>Set the reference point for the shape to the right and use Flip Horizontal from the Transform Panel<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/9.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 10</h2>
<p>Select both shapes and re-align them to the center of the artboard.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/10.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 11</h2>
<p>Use the Direct Selection tool and hold down the Shift key to select the two line segments show in the image below (just the segments not the anchor points).<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/11.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 12</h2>
<p>Copy and paste the two segments to duplicate them.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/12.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 13</h2>
<p>Group the segments and double click them to enter Isolate Mode. Then highlight the middle points and Join (CTRL+J or CMD+J) them to create a complete line.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/13.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 14</h2>
<p>Exit Isolation Mode and duplicate the right hand side shape in place (you can change the stroke color to black to differentiate it from the original). <br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/14.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 15</h2>
<p>Enter Isolation Mode again for the duplicated shape and delete the two points shown.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/15.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /><br />
You should be left with just this segment:<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/16.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 16</h2>
<p>Select the black segment and also the middle segment, convert their strokes to outlines then make a copy of the middle segment (because we&#8217;ll need to reuse it for the other side) and subtract one of the middle segments from the black segment using Pathfinder.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/17.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /><br />
This should be the result:<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/18.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 17</h2>
<p>Repeat this process for the other side, start by duplicating the left-most shape and changing it&#8217;s fill to black.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/19.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 18</h2>
<p>Then enter Isolation Mode and delete the two points shown.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/20.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 19</h2>
<p>Use the remaining copy of the middle segment to subtract from the black segment.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/21.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /><br />
You should be left with this:<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/22.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 20</h2>
<p>Apply a gradient fill to the right-most black shape. Both stops are the same color as the background, but one stop is 100% opacity and the other is 0% opacity. The angle should be around 35&deg; but you can also use your eye.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/23.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Step 21</h2>
<p>Apply the same gradient to other side and flip the direction.<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/24.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /></p>
<h2 class="full-width">Result &amp; Conclusion</h2>
<p>Here is the result:<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/25.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /><br />
I also loaded the image into Photoshop and applied some very subtle grunge effects for a finishing touch:<br />
<img src="http://www.medialoot.com/images/infinite-loop-tut/26.jpg" class="full-width" alt="how to create an infinite loop symbol in illustrator" /><br />
There are lots of different ways to manipulate shapes in Illustrator, and sometimes seemingly complex shapes can be simpler than they seem. To draw this shape manually with the Pen tool would be extremely frustrating, but by starting with a basic circle we can manipulate and build the infinite loop with perfect dimensions.</p><div class="feedflare">
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